My friend who first got her period was in 4th grade. One day in the lunch line she told me that her mom told her that she got her peroid. I thought that her mom went out and bought her this thing. So I went home, and asked my mom if she would buy me a period.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- In 6th grade, I thought that once you got your period, you'd have it forever!!!! 24/7Anon
- My mom told my sister that if she didn't eat her peas, her period would last for an entire month.— Maya
- I thought that your period came out all at once and you had to wear a pad around the time it would come.— Sarah
- i used to thought that period is when you pee like a baby for a few days...— i'm totally weird
- When my brother would go by condoms i thought that guys had period and that is what they usedAnon
- When I was a kid, I found out about a womans period and I thought that she would bleed through her breasts.— Michael